CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I [SUGGESTIONS ] 1
II [THE AGE OF MYTH ] 13
III [STORIES OF CREATION ] 30
IV [MAGIC AND RITUAL ] 44
V [THE ORIGINS OF CHRISTIANITY ] 58
VI [THE PROPHET OF NAZARETH ] 72
VII [THE EVOLUTION OF CHRISTIANITY ] 84
VIII [THE CONFLICT BETWEEN SCIENCE AND THEOLOGY ] 98
IX [THE LIMITS OF PERSONAL AGENCY ] 110
X [DO MIRACLES HAPPEN? ] 123
XI [THE SOUL AND IMMORTALITY ] 138
XII [THE PROBLEM OF EVIL ] 153
XIII [RELIGION AND ETHICS ] 169
XIV [THE CHURCH AS AN INSTITUTION—THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ] 187
XV [THE CHURCH AS AN INSTITUTION—PROTESTANTISM ] 198
XVI [THE HUMANIST'S RELIGION ] 211